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san francisco's annual treecycling program starts next week. recology dragged out the chipper to show us what it does with all the trees. last year more than 500 tons of christmas trees were collected in san francisco. >>> well, maybe you have noticed a high price tag at your dry cleaner's lately. as don ford shows us, part of it has to do with those wire hangers. >>> reporter: who would have thought the simple act of dropping off your dry-cleaning would involve international politics. steve sadler and his wife janice have owned a cleaner's in albany for 32 years. >> most all the hangers we buy today are made in vietnam or china. >> reporter: the u.s. commerce department says vietnam and china have flooded the markets forcing nearly all u.s. manufacturers out of business. so the feds slapped a 187% tariff on the imported hangers more than doubling the cost to dry cleaners. >> and that certainly did drive the price of hangers up. we were paying probably 4 to 5 cents a hanger and now we're paying anywheres from 8 to 9 upwards of 10 cents a hanger
san francisco's annual treecycling program starts next week. recology dragged out the chipper to show us what it does with all the trees. last year more than 500 tons of christmas trees were collected in san francisco. >>> well, maybe you have noticed a high price tag at your dry cleaner's lately. as don ford shows us, part of it has to do with those wire hangers. >>> reporter: who would have thought the simple act of dropping off your dry-cleaning would involve international...
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investigators say romer's 22- year-old son joseph romer hid his own father's body in a box and standard it in a relative he is -- stashed it in a relative's backyard in vallejo. the body was found earlier this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow, i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of romer's death is under investigation. joseph romer and his girlfriend are accused of hiding the body and cashing thousands of dollars worth of pension checks. >>> the woman accused of hitting and killing a tourist in san francisco apparently wanted to be a police officer. 23-year-old gina eunice was arrested thursday night near twin peaks after allegedly hitting four members of a family from china and then leaving the scene. one of the victims ended up dying at the hospital. eunice is expected to enter a plea in court next week. >> hoping to become a police officer, studying criminal justice. >> we are very concerned about the use of alcohol and driving and espe
investigators say romer's 22- year-old son joseph romer hid his own father's body in a box and standard it in a relative he is -- stashed it in a relative's backyard in vallejo. the body was found earlier this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow, i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of romer's death is under investigation. joseph romer and...
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romer's 22-year-old son joseph romer is accused of hiding his father's body in relative's backyard. the body was found earlier this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow. i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of death is under investigation. joseph romer and his girlfriend are accused of hiding the body and cashing thousands of dollars of pension checks. >>> getting a check on other bay area headlines the search is on for suspects in a gang- related shooting in south san jose last night. it happened shortly before 9:00 in the area of serenade and lullaby drive. officers say the suspect started an altercation with the victim, shot him and took off. >>> the bomb squad helped deal with an explosive situation in oakland yesterday. a man cleaning out his basement found more than 5 pounds of dynamite inside. he called the police and the alameda bomb squad showed up to remove the tnt. officials say the explosives actually date back to world war ii.
romer's 22-year-old son joseph romer is accused of hiding his father's body in relative's backyard. the body was found earlier this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow. i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of death is under investigation. joseph romer and his girlfriend are accused of hiding the body and cashing thousands of dollars of...
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investigators say romer's 22- year-old son joseph romer hit his father's body -- hid his father's body in a box and stashed it in a relative's backyard in vallejo. the body was found this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow! i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good, you know, 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of romer's death is still under investigation but he had been sick. joseph romer and his girlfriend sandy are accused of hiding the body and cashing thousands of dollars of pension checks. >>> pg&e crews have now found the source of a gas leak in brentwood. a group of neighbors stayed awake all night though after reporting a gas smell at about 6:15 yesterday. people evacuated three houses that showed elevated gas readings on the 600 block of allbrook drive. the source of the leak remained a mystery for hours. then just after 3:00 this morning, pg&e crews finally found the source. the leak was coming from a cracked cap on the underground plastic gas main. after controlling th
investigators say romer's 22- year-old son joseph romer hit his father's body -- hid his father's body in a box and stashed it in a relative's backyard in vallejo. the body was found this month. >> my sister had walked over there and got about to where the red car is and she is like, wow! i mean, she could smell it from that far off. so that's a good, you know, 40, 50 feet away that she could smell it. >> the cause of romer's death is still under investigation but he had been sick....
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authorities say his son, 22- year-old joseph romer, never told a soul. instead, he allegedly hid the body in a large box and stashed it here in a backyard. >> i can't believe somebody would even think about doing that. >> reporter: even worse, authorities say joseph romar and his girlfriend began collecting the dead man's money. thousands of dollars in pension checks, over two years. relatives at the home did not want to speak when we knocked on their door. authorities say they didn't know that richard romar had died and only realized that there was a body in their yard when it began to smell. now romar and his girlfriend are behind bars, facing theft and elder abuse. the two have not been charged in romar's death because they still don't know how he died. he was severely ill before his death and they are investigating. >> there was a report he suffer from aids. any word on that tonight. >> reporter: they could only say he was severely ill. it's really tough to tell how he died. >> all right. thank you. >>> a young woman aspiring to become a police offic
authorities say his son, 22- year-old joseph romer, never told a soul. instead, he allegedly hid the body in a large box and stashed it here in a backyard. >> i can't believe somebody would even think about doing that. >> reporter: even worse, authorities say joseph romar and his girlfriend began collecting the dead man's money. thousands of dollars in pension checks, over two years. relatives at the home did not want to speak when we knocked on their door. authorities say they...